Financial Services Professionals Expect Higher Bonuses in 2025
We received more than 2,000 responses from financial services professionals in our Bonus Expectations survey. We asked them all a simple question – how much they expected their bonuses to go up (or down) after 2025.
Click here to join the bubble by eFinancialCareers, our new anonymous community.✍️
Global Consensus on Bonuses
Our respondents were based in the London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and various other global financial services centers. Regardless of location, there was a general consensus that bonuses would be higher for 2025 than they were in 2024.
The most optimistic respondents were based in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Many of them worked for local banks such as ADIB, First Abu Dhabi, or the Saudi Investment Bank (SAID). An ADIB technologist in the UAE expressed optimism, expecting a 70% increase in his bonus for 2025.
Regional Variances in Bonus Expectations
On the other hand, the least optimistic bankers were in the UK & Ireland. British bankers anticipated a modest 34% increase in bonuses compared to the previous year, despite the lifting of the bonus cap.
Some UK respondents remained hopeful, with a UBS operations VP expecting a 50% increase in her bonus. She noted improvements in the firm’s incentives compared to the previous year.
Have a confidential story, tip, or comment you’d like to share? Contact: +44 7537 182250 (SMS, WhatsApp, or voicemail). Telegram: @SarahButcher. Signal: sarahbutcher.22 Click here to fill in our anonymous form, or email editortips@efinancialcareers.com.
Bear with us if you leave a comment at the bottom of this article: comments are moderated intermittently by human beings. Sometimes these humans might be asleep or away from their desks, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. You must take sole responsibility for comments you post on this site. We will take reasonable steps to weed out anything that we consider offensive or inappropriate.
